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Journal of Thematic Instruction

Aims & Scope

The Journal of Thematic Instruction (JTI) provides a forum to share high quality articles about the impact of popular culture thematic instruction on student and instructor beliefs, experiences, and performance across disciplines.

JTI defines thematic instruction as instruction that uses topics from popular culture to frame coursework as a strategy for enhancing classroom outcomes broadly defined. The journal publishes three types of articles.

• Full length articles (up to 5,000 words not including the title page, abstract or references) describe new and empirical research on the scholarship of thematic instruction. Submissions to this section should be full-length articles that are data driven. Meta-analytic investigations and systematic reviews will also be considered.
• Brief reports (up to 2,000 words not including the title page, abstract or references) describe original preliminary studies or studies that use a simple research design and/or a small sample size. This section is devoted to publishing small scale or high-quality pilot studies and will be shorter articles that include quantitative evidence for the use of thematic instruction in higher education.
• “Themed Courses in Action” or commentaries (1,000 words at a minimum, up to 1,500 words not including the title page, abstract or references) describe the innovative use of themes in courses and/or provide thoughtful reflections on the use of thematic instruction. This section of the journal is a forum for describing practical activities or courses that use thematic instruction. Articles should be resources for instructors with practical information that can be used in the classroom. The following sections are required for these manuscripts:
  
  1. Abstract
  2. Course Rationale (e.g., why a themed course? Why this theme?)
  3. Course Structure (include information about how the course is organized into units/modules and assignments, focusing on how thematic instruction is incorporated into the course)
  4. Reflections and Lessons Learned
  5. References.
  Other sections to consider include:
  
  1. Class Topics (e.g., specific media that was used in the class)
  2. Student Experiences.